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Experts advise children to strap on helmets
Properly fitting headwear can protect kids from serious injury
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Next to motor-vehicle injuries, bicycles injure more children than any other consumer product, according to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign.
Learning to ride a bicycle is a part of most childhoods in the United States. More than 70 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 ride bicycles, and 55 percent of those children don’t always wear a helmet, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Today in-line skating and skateboarding have also become fixtures for many kids.